Cecily McMillan, the Occupy activist who was convicted of felony assault of a police officer on Tuesday, now has some unlikely advocates. Nine out of 12 jurors have written a letter to the judge asking that she not get jail time.

Almost three years later, the consequences of Occupy Wall Street are still being felt, especially for Cecily McMillan. The protester was found guilty of striking a police office yesterday without provocation, though McMillan's camp maintains that she elbowed him in self-defense, after he grabbed her right breast.

How about a walk on the wild side with a “sapio-sexual intellectual activist?” If that’s your cup of tea, check out Harrison Schultz, a loosely appointed Occupy Wall Street spokesmen, on RentAGent.me. He’s only $200!

What's the difference between being broke and poor? Nona Willis Aronowitz breaks it down for us in The Nation, using Girls's Hannah and Shameless's Fiona as examples: both women work in the service industry, but the former is indignant while the other is resigned. The most fascinating part of her piece is the…

Our beloved confusing quote generator, Michele Bachmann, took to the airwaves today to spout all manner of nonsense, but among the most amusing things she said—and it's only amusing because we're so far past the point of taking anything she says seriously that we can barely even remember a time when we did—was…

After police brutally pepper-sprayed peaceful protesters at UC Davis on Saturday, almost 50,000 people signed a petition asking university chancellor Linda Katehi to resign. And students held a silent vigil to protest her press conference yesterday. Nonetheless, Katehi told George Stephanopoulos today that she…

Frances Goldin is an 87-year-old literary agent and activist with a bold streak of purple in her otherwise grey hair. She's joined the Occupy Wall Street movement and has been protesting in Zuccotti Park, but she's not new to activism. She's been demonstrating in support of various social justice causes for decades…

People often tell me that I don't look like your average Occupy protestor. I was initially drawn to the Occupy movement for several reasons. As an educator, anything that gets young people paying attention to the world around them is something that I feel the need to support. As an activist and organizer, I generally…

JGL was wearing a baseball cap and filming for his site, HitRECord. When asked what he thought about the occupy movement, the actor replied, "It seems like it's growing, our economy is getting worse and worse."

Occupy protests took a dangerous turn this weekend when three protesters, one of them pregnant, were hit by a car in DC. A 78-year-old woman was also hurt when she was caught between protesters and police.

After a man was arrested for sexually assaulting two women at Occupy Wall Street, a Massachusetts radio host decided to kick off the victim-blaming. According to him, the women who were attacked are making the movement look bad.

Sentient silicone packet Joan Rivers has some thoughts on Occupy Wall Street style: you see, all the protesters are dirty, drum-circle-loving hippies — because there are no gay men down there. (Someone should tell her about Hipster Cop!) If there were gay men, see, then they could go all Queer Eye For The 99%: Occupy…

Last week, Occupy Baltimore drew fire for a sexual assault policy that seemed to discourage reporting crimes to the police. Now they've revised the policy — and their efforts are a microcosm of gender issues in the movement as a whole.

Many Occupy protests have shown a willingness to work with police to prevent sexual assault. But a memo circulated at the Occupy Baltimore protests has sparked controversy by appearing to discourage reporting sexual assault to the authorities.

A familiar face was among the dozen or so people arrested last night at Occupy Wall Street. Naomi Wolf, who writes for the Huffington Post, was attending an event where New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was presented with the site's "Game Changer of the Year Award." About 50 protesters showed up and when Wolf heard…